[tomc1985]

> Same reason why we have a ~/.config folder now instead of just shoving everything into ~/ like we used to.

Who/what is the "we" here? Last I checked my homefolder was still chock full of dotfiles in-use.

[hedora]

Now, half of them are in ~/.config This is better because it means you have to look in more places.

Similarly, things also like to hide state in ~/.cache

If they didn’t then rm -rf .appname would restore it to default settings, and we can’t have that.

[bmn__]

I notice you chose to exclusively point out the negative aspects.

[tomc1985]

https://xkcd.com/927/